DreamS Kenshuusei

DreamS Kenshuusei (also known as Dreaming Eggs) is a collection of young girls selected through auditions (or added specially by Tsunku) who are receiving dance and vocal lessons in the hopes that they will one day be able to debut as a full idol within DreamS.

Not yet being full members within DreamS, the girls don't receive a great deal of work, mainly just perfoming at DreamS concerts as backing dancers for the major acts. The Kenshuusei also hold their own concerts. Some Kenshuusei have also acted in various dramas, plays and musicals.

Although not an official group of DreamS, they are still assigned a group color. Their DreamS group color is Chocolate.

DreamS Kenshuusei/Dreaming Eggs mostly serve as backup dancers at various DreamS concerts. Some Eggs have also acted in various dramas, plays and musicals. The only units made up entirely of Hello! Pro Kenshuusei are KuroShiro and Printemps who regularly participate in cultural festivals alongside NeXus and Polaris α.

After the DreamS Audition for soon-group Polaris α, Tsunku held an DreamS Kenshuusei Audition and 15 girls passed (coincidentally, all 15 girls had auditioned for the DreamS Audition for Polaris α) and became the first generation DreamS Kenshuusei on October 28.

Tsunku decided to add a second generation DreamS Kenshuusei and held an audition. There were rumors that a new group was to form within DreamS because of the big numbers of Kenshuusei at the time. A total of 6 girls were added. This was the biggest number of Kenshuusei in total at the time, adding up to 19 girls.

On January 27, Tsunku added a Generation three to Kenshuusei, breaking the biggest number of Kenshuusei in total, from 19 to 22.

On February 7, Tsunku announced that kenshuusei member Fujiwara Hanako was to graduate on March 6 and become the first DreamS soloist. She debuted on March 28, with "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari".

On April 26, the rumors of a new group had been proven true as Tsunku announced that he was going to make a new group out of the 5 most popular Kenshuusei (in other words, the Top 5 most popular Kenshuusei at the time) which were Yamada Ayumu, Akimoto Miharu, Sugiura Asuka, Fujimoto Emi and Fujiwara Kumiko. Their group was to be named NeXus. They started off as an indie group, and later major debuted on December 31 with "Koi no Shirushi".

All the current kenshuusei appeared as backdancers at the DreamS ~Cagayake!~ Spring 2013 Concert. There is a rumor that a new group is to form in October. The rumors were confirmed as Tsunku announced a mass Kenshuusei graduation when he made Kenshuusei units KuroShiro and Printemps official groups and Tanaka Chiharu was to become a DreamS soloist. They graduated on March 1.

It was announced on March 14, that DreamS Kenshuusei Kudou Mari, Kotobuki Kana and Hashimoto Ryoko were to be seiyuus for a new DreamS anime called "Hagemasu! Yude Tamago!". It is to focus on the crazy life of the 3 Mihama sisters -- Mihama Haru, Mihama Natsumi, and Mihama Aki, and how they go on with their days. It is similar to Minami-ke. It was announced that 2 new DreamS Kenshuusei units were to sing the OPs and EDs for the anime. The first unit was to be called Niji Girls, which included Matsumoto Yuuka, Murakami Ume, Sasaki Naomi, Kobayashi Rie, Sakamoto Hitomi, Yamazaki Alice, and Tachibana Katsura..The second unit was to be called OtomeShiki, which included the 3 kenshuuseis and seiyuus. They were to focus on fun and serious songs (most likely anime-like songs). Niji Girls sang the opening, "Kimi he to Tsunagu Kokoro", whilst OtomeShiki sang the ending, "Zettai Colorful Sengen".

On July 1, Nakagawa Nagi graduated from the program and became DreamS Soloist. 2 new DreamS Kenshuusei units were also announced. The first one was to be called METALLICA and focused on Metal, but added cuteness to it. It was to include Hirasawa Hikari as vocals, and Sugisaki Yui & Nakamoto Marina as scream & dance. The second DreamS Kenshuusei unit was called The K-Team, which included members Kyouzuka Saori, Kikuchi Suzuka and Kugimiya Shizuka, who's last names started with K. They were to focus on cute, cool songs. They will all debut on July 15, 2013.

On July 24, Kudou Mari was transferred to The Idol Project to become a soloist.

On August 1, Sakamoto Hitomi was transferred to Hello! Project DIVAS. while DIVAS. member Mashiro Ami was transferred to DreamS Kenshuusei.

On November 20, 6 Kenshuuseis graduated from the program -- Nagase Mirei, Hirasawa Hikari, Sugisaki Yui, Nakamoto Marina, Fujisaki Tomoyo, and Otokawa Sana. Nagase Mirei joined Polaris Alpha as a 2nd Generation Member, whilst the other 5 graduates became a newly formed group called "NYANKEES" that will debut under The Idol Project.